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Led assault on man with nail-studded pickets A judge will rule this morning whether a Winnipeg man who led a vicious mob attack on another man with nail-studded fence pickets should go home for Christmas or spend up to 10 more years in prison. By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA

Another 14 alleged drunk drivers were nabbed during the third week of the Winnipeg Police Service’s holiday checkstop campaign, police said today. During the same period in 2007, police arrested 17 people for impaired driving. By Chris Kitching, SUN MEDIA

Homicide investigators are appealing to witnesses to step forward so they can piece together a 19-year-old man’s final moments and bring justice to the person who shot him. City police issued the plea after identifying Lahai Konteh as the Winnipeg man fatally shot in the West End after two groups of males got into a fight in a social hall early Sunday. By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

A Winnipeg man convicted of aggravated assault after another man was viciously attacked by a mob wielding nail-studded fence pickets should be sentenced to 15 years in prison, a judge heard this morning. By DEAN PRITCHARD, Sun Media

A man returned to his home to find a burglar who assaulted him Sunday, said police. Police say the 50-year-old man returned to his home in the 100 block of Lawndale Avenue and found a side door had been forced open. When he entered the home, he was assaulted by the intruder, said police. By SUN MEDIA